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Monday, February 15, 2016

Vineyard

Here are the 2 commissioned pieces I recently completed. These are both 22 x 28 in size, acrylic, on gallery wrapped stretched canvas. They were delivered to their new home this past Friday where they are hanging on either side of a fireplace. The look terrific and the client is very happy.

For these images the client requested Vineyards and we determined to do one as a more scenic view (top image with the home), and the other as a closeup (bottom image with the grapes). The clients walls are a deep golden yellow and her request was to work with the yellows & golds.

Whenever I work with a commissioned piece, I combine or slice together images to create a new image. This is commonly referred to as Frankenstein composition. I will take from various photos, scan in parts, alter & crop images, silo items & change colors. I work entirely within Photoshop on my computer, and will email a saved image to the client for feedback. I make any changes requested by the client to the saved image, then send a new email to the customer for further feedback. This process will continue however long it takes for a final image/composition to be approved by the client. I then use the approved image as a my base for the painting.

Because there were 2 paintings being done that were going to hang together, I used the identical color palette in each to help "marry" the two together. Even though one is a closeup while the other is more scenic, I feel the 2 compliment each other very well because of the matching colors & values.

These paintings are a bit larger than I usually do (one of my goals this year is to do more large paintings), so it took me a bit longer to finish these up. I did use a combination of large & small brushes. I found the large was not giving me enough detail. I spent quite a bit of time using the brush as I would a palette knife - something I love to play with!

All in all I'm happy with how these turned out, and very happy that the client is pleased. I just finished the other commission I was working on and that will be delivered sometime next week (weather permitting). That is the last of the commissioned work I have on my easel - time to do some experimental pieces I think!

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Creating (anything) has always been a part of my life. My paintings attempt to capture moments in time, where an emotion or feeling was felt. It's all about capturing the visual expression that is found in life. I find it is a truly wonderful way to live.